1981 — Present
The Complete
Filmography
44 feature films spanning five decades. Over $11.5 billion in worldwide box office. Not a single direct-to-streaming release. Every film played in theaters — because Tom Cruise believes in the theatrical experience.
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Back to the running1980s
10 films
Top Gun, Rain Man, Born on the Fourth of July
1990s
9 films
Mission: Impossible, Jerry Maguire, Magnolia
2000s
8 films
Collateral, War of the Worlds, The Last Samurai
2010s
10 films
Ghost Protocol, Edge of Tomorrow, Fallout
2020s
3 films
Top Gun: Maverick ($1.5B)
Every Film
Year, title, worldwide box office, and role.
YearTitleBox OfficeRole
1981Endless Love$32MBilly
1981Taps$36MDavid Shawn
1983The Outsiders$33MSteve Randle
1983Losin' It$1.2MWoody
1983Risky Business$64MJoel Goodsen
1983All the Right Moves$17MStefen Djordjevic
1985Legend$15MJack
1986Top Gun$357MLt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
1986The Color of Money$52MVincent Lauria
1988Cocktail$172MBrian Flanagan
1988Rain Man$355MCharlie Babbitt
1989Born on the Fourth of July$161MRon Kovic
1990Days of Thunder$158MCole Trickle
1992Far and Away$137MJoseph Donnelly
1992A Few Good Men$244MLt. Daniel Kaffee
1993The Firm$270MMitch McDeere
1994Interview with the Vampire$224MLestat de Lioncourt
1996Mission: Impossible$457MEthan Hunt
1996Jerry Maguire$274MJerry Maguire
1999Eyes Wide Shut$162MDr. Bill Harford
1999Magnolia$48MFrank T.J. Mackey
2000Mission: Impossible 2$546MEthan Hunt
2001Vanilla Sky$203MDavid Aames
2002Minority Report$358MChief John Anderton
2003The Last Samurai$456MNathan Algren
2004Collateral$218MVincent
2005War of the Worlds$603MRay Ferrier
2006Mission: Impossible III$398MEthan Hunt
2007Lions for Lambs$63MSenator Jasper Irving
2008Valkyrie$200MCol. Claus von Stauffenberg
2010Knight and Day$261MRoy Miller
2011Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol$694MEthan Hunt
2012Jack Reacher$218MJack Reacher
2012Rock of Ages$59MStacee Jaxx
2013Oblivion$286MJack Harper
2014Edge of Tomorrow$370MMajor William Cage
2015Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation$682MEthan Hunt
2016Jack Reacher: Never Go Back$162MJack Reacher
2017The Mummy$410MNick Morton
2017American Made$135MBarry Seal
2018Mission: Impossible – Fallout$791MEthan Hunt
2022Top Gun: Maverick$1,496MCapt. Pete 'Maverick' Mitchell
2023Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One$571MEthan Hunt
2025Mission: Impossible – The Final ReckoningTBDEthan Hunt
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